BEHIND SEW

Meet our co-organisers from Prague: Gabriela Drastichova from Nadace Vodafone Česká republika / Vodafone Foundation Czech Republic (twitter: @NadaceVodafone). The team consists of (from left): Adriana Dergam, Petra Matulova and Gabriela Drastichova. Why did you apply for SEW? It is important for the Vodafone Foundation to start building an ecosystem of social-tech innovations, to interconnect social startups, social…

Meet our co-organiser from Rijeka, Croatia: Dario Zoric from Business School PAR (twitter: @edu_PAR) Why did you apply for SEW? After successful organization of Startup Europe Week and Startup Europe Awards in 2016, I decided to organize Startup Europe Week again. What is your goal in organizing an event for Startup Europe Week? My main…

Meet our co-organiser from Lviv, Ukraine: Mariana Kira and her team from DaKiRy (twitter: @DaKiRy_co) Why did you apply for SEW? We think that is really great idea. Our organization likes this idea, to talk to the community about startups. Last year we organized a conference. At this conference speakers (business angels, investors and some startups) shared…

Meet our co-organiser from Ravenna, Italy: Angela Corbari from Studio Mapp (twitter: @studiomapp) Why did you apply for SEW? Last year’s experience was amazing, we organized two events in Ravenna thanks to the cooperation of the local ecosystem and it was a very good opportunity for us and for many other people to meet and…

Meet our co-organiser from Gijón, Spain: Dani Fernández and his team from Soty Solar / Impulsa Gijón (twitter: @SotySolar @GijonImpulsa) Why did you apply for SEW? We want a more international Asturias. What is your goal in organizing an event for Startup Europe Week? Entrepreneurship is a long and difficult lifestyle. Many entrepreneurs suffer from resource problems,…

Meet our co-organiser from Perugia (Umbria), Italy: Anna Ascani from Agenzia Umbria Ricerche (AUR) (twitter: @AURumbia) Why did you apply for SEW? We are very interested to promote our regional startup ecosystem. What is your goal in organizing an event for Startup Europe Week? SEW could be an opportunity for local and regional actors to demonstrate how…

Meet our co-organiser from Málaga, Spain: Javier Plá from Bic Euronova S.A. (twitter: @BicEuronova) What is your goal in organizing an event for Startup Europe Week? To give value to the entrepreneur ecosystem (Málaga, Spain). What would you give to your local community? More information about specific actions that locals authorities are developing. What do you…

We made it! The biggest entrepreneurship event ever hosted in Europe has a name – Startup Europe Week. Without bragging too much (!!!), we are extremely proud of what we accomplished during SEW and we’d love to share with you in this post some of the results. The impact For those who have followed us,…

Our co-organizer from Naples, Italy: Antonio Prigiobbo, NAStartUp Why did you apply for SEW? Because I want to make known the energy and the dynamism of our territory. Moreover I work to promote the Naples’s Model for startup. What is your goal in organizing Startup Europe Week? I’m delighted I managed to get together our…

Our co-organizer from Sofia, Bulgaria: Mariana Damova, PhD. Why did you apply for SEW? It is exciting to be part of the founding team of the pan-European ecosystem. What is your goal in organizing Startup Europe Week? My goal in organizing Startup Europe Week is to bring together different communities and high-profile speakers and provide…